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to stop the west end data center
The Final VOTE
The Final VOTE
Join us at the City Council Meeting:
Join us at the City Council Meeting:
Monday, December 2nd @ 1:00pm
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Avenue
Monday, December 2nd @ 1:00pm
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Avenue
WEAR YELLOW!!!
WEAR YELLOW!!!
If you arrive by 12:30, sign up for public comment, even if you don't want to speak.
It's ok to be late! Just get there before 2:00!
don't fold to developers
don't fold to developers
Write fun and persuasive messages to City Council Members encouraging them to vote against 24-O-1481 / Z-24-66.
Write fun and persuasive messages to City Council Members encouraging them to vote against 24-O-1481 / Z-24-66.
We'll fold the notes into cranes, pinwheels, butterflies, hearts, etc, package them up, and deliver them to City Hall on Monday.
We'll fold the notes into cranes, pinwheels, butterflies, hearts, etc, package them up, and deliver them to City Hall on Monday.
Email levitreur@gmail.com to participate
NOV 22 Update: we still need votes
NOV 22 Update: we still need votes
Both of the consulted Neighborhood Planning Units, NPU-V and NPU-T, have voted against it.
The impacted neighborhoods of Adair Park and West End officially oppose it as well.
The Zoning Review Board has unanimously recommended that it be denied.
And yet the legislation is very much alive, with still not enough Council Members pledging to vote it down.
The proposed ordinance must next come to City Council Zoning Committee for another vote, which could happen as soon as this coming Monday, November 25th.
A Little Background...
A Little Background...
In September, the Council voted UNANIMOUSLY not to allow data centers within 1/2 a mile of MARTA Stations by passing Ordinance 22-O-1222.
While initally caught by surprise, it would seem that the developers quickly got to work to undermine the new ordinance before it has a chance to become established precedent.
Proposed ordinance Z-24-66 would carve out an exception to the recently passed ordinance to allow for the construction of a data center adjacent to the West End MARTA Station. It appears to be how developers intend to render the September ordinance essentially meaningless. After all, once it's been shown that an exception can be made, so too can another, and another, and another...
By standing strong now, we're protecting not just our own interests, but those of all Atlantans who want more community-oriented development in their neighborhoods, and not just a bunch of electricity-draining, water-sucking, warehouses for computers.
Dozens showed up in force at the Zoning Review Board (ZRB) Meeting to demonstrate the community's opposition to proposed ordinance Z-24-66. The ZRB found in our favor. Unfortunately, the final say belongs to the City Council.
STOP THE WEST END DATA CENTER
STOP THE WEST END DATA CENTER
"A.I. has become something of a nightmare for the Americans who happen to live near the ... data centers that power it."
"A.I. has become something of a nightmare for the Americans who happen to live near the ... data centers that power it."
-New York Times, 9/15/24 (full article)
WHAT is built today
WHAT is built today
impacts OUR community
impacts OUR community
for decades to come
for decades to come
Great things are happening in The West End and Adair Park
Great things are happening in The West End and Adair Park
"Atlanta’s historic buildings inspire developers to ‘respect and protect" ajc.com, 10/18/24
"Mall West End developers promise community-first approach to redevelopment" wabe.org 10/1/24
"Major expansion in works for West End's lively warehouse district" urbanize.com 9/17/24
Allowing data centers now would be bad city planning, and harmful.
Allowing data centers now would be bad city planning, and harmful.
They create almost no jobs.
They raise the cost of electricity.
They occupy space where people should be.
STAY SWARMING
SOUTHWEST ATLANTA RESIDENTS MOBILIZINGSTAY SWARMING
FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
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